---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to tissue sample collection in autopsies."
description: "AN ACT relating to tissue sample collection in autopsies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "SB 237"
citation: "Kentucky SB 237 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deaths", "Diseases", "Public Health", "Children and Minors", "Coroners"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce57355d-51f2-4ded-a570-92d6a484fc76"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb237.html"
source_hash: "42b75604052801844ea32a3e2c2e3ddbd10faab5f30b4a435df750be73aec4e4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 237 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to tissue sample collection in autopsies.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb237/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb237/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 237 W/ scs1, scta1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 17, 2020
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** to Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Health and Family Services (H)
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Health and Family Services (H)
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posting waived
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 88-2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 126) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce57355d-51f2-4ded-a570-92d6a484fc76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).